Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C141055 06/17/2016 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC Herzog Contracting Corp PO Box 1089 Saint Joseph MO 64502 6/17/2006 $50,000.00

C141055 06/17/2016 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC Missourians For Excellence In Government 6175 Westminster Saint Louis MO 63112 6/17/2016 $335,116.53

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Who paid for what in May?:

C121488 05/27/2016 MISSOURIANS FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 retired 5/27/2016 $2,500,000.00

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Wouldn’t it be easier just to write the check directly to the campaign? Or buy the state? It’d eliminate the middleman and save on media buys.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: I, Rex (May 27, 2016)

Campaign Finance: all in (June 10, 2016)